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AKADi Magazine
The AKADi Magazine Podcast connects communities through conversations. Hosted by editor Abena Sεwaa, these conversations aim to inform, inspire and illuminate the work of Ghanaians globally. Listen to the powerful narratives of everyday people making transformative cultural change in their communities. And find out how you can be part of that story too. https://linktr.ee/AKADiMag
Episodes
88 episodes
S8Ep2| EXPLORING THE ROOTS OF MASQUERADE: Part 2 - a conversation with Claudia George
Claudia George, an artist who creates under the name Claudia Zinski and works with batik, silks and canvas.In this episode, Claudia explains how her exhibition in Accra, entitled: The Meridian Love Affair Exhibition (13-18 Nov...
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Season 8
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Episode 2
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S8Ep1| HEALING THROUGH ART: Part 1 - a conversation with Claudia George
Claudia George is an artist who creates under the name Claudia Zinski and works with batik, silks and canvas.In this episode, she talks about how art helped her to deal with the loss of her sibling and how she plans to showcas...
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Season 8
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Episode 1
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S7Ep13| THE SALON EXPERIENCE AT 1-54 CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART FAIR
Writer Uwati Okojie speaks about ‘Le Salon - Art of Conversation’ - a living exhibition by Le Tings (Harris Elliott) x Johnnie Sapong at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair 2025.She shares insights into a Ghanaian art activation at the 13...
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Season 7
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Episode 13
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S7Ep12| BUILDING LEGACIES - a conversation with pioneering architect Elsie Owusu
To mark Black History Month UK, we caught up with pioneering architect Elsie Owusu who famously led renovations at Green Park Tube station the Supreme Court and has worked with award-winning artist Yinka Shonibare.This convers...
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Season 7
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Episode 12
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S7Ep11| CELEBRATING BLACK BRITISH THEATRE - a conversation with Omar F. Okai
Hello and welcome to AKADi Magazine's Connecting Communities Podcast where we spotlight Ghanaians making transformative change in their communities.Listen to Omar F. Okai, dancer, choreographer, director and founder of the six...
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Season 7
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Episode 11
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S7Ep10| CENTRING BLACK WOMEN IN FILM: a conversation with Anniwaa Buachie
Anniwaa Buachie is an award-winning actor, filmmaker, audiobook narrator, who explains how she turned the story ‘Moon Over Aburi’ by award-winning poet and author Kwame Dawes into a film.That’s where I first met Anniwaa at the...
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Season 7
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Episode 10
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S7Ep9| AFRICA FASHION WEEK LONDON 2025: a conversation with three Ghanaian designers
Africa Fashion Week London (AFWL) 2025 kicks off on 9 and 10 August bringing together seasoned and next generation designers from the Continent under one roof.Now in its 15th season, this annual catwalk and exhibition event is...
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Season 7
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Episode 9
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S7Ep8| BOOK CLUB: Part 2 - 'Tail of the Blue Bird' - a conversation with Nii Ayikwei Parkes
Poet and author Nii Ayikwei Parkes joined our Book Club in June 2025 for our review of Tail of the Blue Bird - his 16-year-old crime novel which has an exciting twist. This book is set in a fictitious village not far from...
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Season 7
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Episode 8
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S7Ep7| BOOK CLUB: Part 1 - 'Tail of the Blue Bird' - a conversation with Nii Ayikwei Parkes
Poet and author Nii Ayikwei Parkes joined our Book Club in June 2025 for our review of Tail of the Blue Bird - his 16-year-old crime novel which has an exciting twist. This book is set in a fictitious village not far from...
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Season 7
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Episode 7
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S7Ep6| RETROGHANA - on a mission to amplify Ghanaian music
Eugene Abeka-Donkor, the founder of RetroGhana - a social media platform on a mission to document, share and amplify Ghanaian music and the legends behind these iconic sounds.In this episode, Eugene tells us what inspired him to create R...
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Season 7
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Episode 6
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35:51
S7Ep5| BOOK CLUB: 'Rootless' - a conversation with Krystle Zara Appiah
Listen to Krystle Zara Appiah, author of the award-winning novel ‘Rootless’ and the first published author to join our book club session as a special guest. We’ve been meeting every month since September ...
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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S7Ep4| DICK ESSILFIE-BONDZIE - Ghana's visionary music producer part 2
You’ve heard of Highlife greats such as CK Mann, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, Ebo Taylor and Pat Thomas but what do you know about the producer behind some of their hit songs?We spoke to the family of the late Dick Essilfie-Bo...
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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S7Ep3| DICK ESSILFIE-BONDZIE - Ghana's visionary music producer part 1
You’ve heard of Highlife greats such as CK Mann, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, Ebo Taylor and Pat Thomas but what do you know about the producer behind some of their hit songs?We spoke to the family of the late D...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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S7Ep2| LONDON TO ACCRA - perspectives from three British-Ghanaian entrepreneurs - part 2
The British High Commission in Ghana kicked off 2025 with its annual UK-Ghana Diaspora Networking Mixer.This year's mixer was a chance to capitalise on these economic ties and deepen connections between the two countries by li...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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S7Ep1| LONDON TO ACCRA - perspectives from three British-Ghanaian entrepreneurs - part 1
The British High Commission in Ghana kicked off 2025 with its annual UK-Ghana Diaspora Networking Mixer.This year's mixer was a chance to capitalise on these economic ties and deepen connections between the two countries by li...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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59:41
S6Ep12| CULTURAL GAMES - an antidote to tackling antisocial behaviour? - part 2
Hello and welcome to another episode of AKADi Magazine's Connecting Communities podcast, produced by Kamo. My name is Abena Sewaa, the editor of AKADi Magazine, and you were just listening to Stephen Barnabis, founder ...
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Season 6
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Episode 12
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30:42
S6Ep11| CULTURAL GAMES - an antidote to tackling antisocial behaviour? - part 1
London-based organisation Cultural Games Association (CGA) UK believes that education the next generation about the social, cultural and health benefits of traditional games played in African ...
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Season 6
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Episode 11
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S6Ep10| REDISCOVERING OUR PAST AND PRESENT THROUGH ART part 2 - with Ibrahim Mahama
Some of the labour used to build Ghana’s railways came from the north of the country but there’s never been a railway in the region. But award-winning visual artist Ibrahim Mahama, in one of his latest installations, is interro...
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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S6Ep9| REDISCOVERING OUR PAST AND PRESENT THROUGH ART part 1 - with Ibrahim Mahama
Award-winning visual artist Ibrahim Mahama is the founder of three art spaces in Tamale, Northern Ghana: Red Clay Studio, Savannah Centre for Contemporary Art (SCCA) and Nkrumah Voli-ni.These arts spaces act as a repository for ...
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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36:08
S6Ep8| THE AFROPERA STORY OF NANA YAA ASANTEWAA part 2 - with Gorges Ocloo
'The Golden Stool, or the Story of Nana Yaa Asantewaa' is an opera performance that debuts at the London's Barbican on 14 October.https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2024/event/the-golden-stool-or-the-story-of-nana-yaa-asantewaa&nb...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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22:58
S6Ep7| THE AFROPERA STORY OF NANA YAA ASANTEWAA part 1 - with Gorges Ocloo
Gorges Ocloo is a multi-disciplinary artist whose expertise includes performance art, contemporary dance – he is a stage director, librettist and composer and co-artistic director of Antwerp-based performing arts theatre Toneelhuis in Belgium.<...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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S6Ep6| REMEMBERING AN EWE KING - The Adamah Papers exhibition
The ‘Family Ties: Adamah Papers’ exhibition at the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton, London is a collection of letters, documents and old newspapers belonging to an Ewe Fia (king). These papers are significant because they are th...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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S6 Ep5| CHAMPIONING ACTIVISM THROUGH POETRY - a chat with Poetivist
Epistles From Nkrumah Krom is a thought-provoking poetry performance designed with a symbolic language to reflect on contemporary issues from the vibrant streets of Accra.Poetivist and friends will take you on a journey through the ...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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S6 Ep4| FROM BEDTIME STORIES TO 3-D ANIMATION part 2 - a chat with executive producer Emmanuel Sampene
Executive producer Emmanuel Sampene talks about schooling in Ghana, studying in the USA and pivoting from a career solely in academia to creating his 3-D animation series Turkey Pinky Pants.'Turkey Pinky Pants' has been selected for...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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30:18
S6 Ep3| FROM BEDTIME STORIES TO 3-D ANIMATION part 1 - a chat with executive producer Emmanuel Sampene
Executive producer Emmanuel Sampene’s 3-D animation series Turkey Pinky Pants was inspired by the bedtime stories he used to tell his children.'Turkey Pinky Pants' has been selected for the Cinemagic Hollywood Film Festival in the B...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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